Zaccaro

surname · Latin script

Meaning: alternative form of zacchera

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/zɑˈkɑɹoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zaccaro is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 703K(measured from records)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 37K
  • UYUruguay1 in 94K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
186 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

alternative form of zacchera

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zaccaro counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zaccaro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,700 est.≈1 in 37KlistedZaccaro27
BR Brazil6231 in 340K623—1
US United States4731 in 703K626Zaccaro186
AR Argentina4631 in 98K463——
SA Saudi Arabia≈250 est.≈1 in 139K—Zaccaro2
CH Switzerland421 in 200K42Zaccaro3
UY Uruguay361 in 94K36——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zaccaro is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Záccaro

  • Italian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Zàccaro, Zàccàro, Záccaro

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Záccaro

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Türkiye

    Also written Záccaro

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Zaccaro is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, ALTERATI: Zaccariéllo. 7 Diffuso con media frequenza in Campania, ha alla base un soprannome o appellativo formato dal napoletano zaccaro “ragazzo, bambino”.

    as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani

  • In Italian, do napolitano zaccaro; menino, jovem serviçal; talvez de germânico zahhar

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Carlo Zaccaro, b. 1922John Zaccaro, b. 1933Maurizio Zaccaro, b. 1952Vincenzo Zaccaro, b. 1966

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Zaccaro,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Zaccaro
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020626#38,120
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—623#13,975
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000562#37,319
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010473#45,253
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—463—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202442#21,267
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—36—
IT ItalyDizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978)———
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zaccaro mean, and where does it come from?
alternative form of zacchera Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Zaccaro?
A machine transcription gives /zɑˈkɑɹoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Zaccaro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Zaccaro in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zaccaro.
How common is the name Zaccaro?
In Brazil, the national register counted 623 people named Zaccaro, about 1 in 340 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zaccaro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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